Child s toy



021-466 AU EX (No Model.)

S. L. HOCKERT CHILD'S TOY.

No. 254,769. Patented Ma.1*.7.1882.

Invenfor ji i211 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIEGEFIIIEI) L. IIOCKEHT, OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIO.

CHILDS TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,769, dated March '7', 1882,

Application filed December 14, 185".

To all whom it may concern:

Ie itknown that I, SIEGEFRIED L. HOGKERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Uhildrcns Toys of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in childrens toys, which will be fully set forth and described in the description of the accompany ing drawing, in which A representsahandle; B, ariug; and they are made integral, of metal, wood, celluloid, or other suitable material.

1) represents a groove out around the ting B at the point opposite or in line with the handle A.

0 represents a ball, ofa diameter less than the annulus within the ring B.

0 represents an elastic cord looped loosely around the groove 1) at one end, and the other end attached to the ball 0.

Instead of ball 0, anyother toy-such as a boy,doll,monkey,orotheriinage--inay be used.

The toy is operated as follows: The operator, holding the toy by handle A, tosses up the ball by a motion of the hand, and then arreststhe motion suddenly, so as to allow the suspended body 0 to drop through the ring B. The loop of the string at b will pass freely around, when the toy is in position for a second toss.

A ball toy has heretofore been composed of a handle having at one end an open ring and provided with an elastic cord, oneend of which is attached to the handle or ring, While the other end of said cord carries a ball, all in such manner that when the ball passes through the No model said open ring the reaction of the elastic cord will serve to return the ball back through the ring. Such hall toys have the elastic cord secured in a fixed position to the handle or ring, andtheref'oreif theball is passed severaltimes through thering in the same direction the cord will wind on the handle or ring; and, further, by the employment of an elastic cord, any irregularity of movementwill invariably prevent the hall from passing through the ring. In my invention I provide an ordinary elastic cord and loosely loop one end thereof in a groove in the open ring, whereby the ball or other body can freely pass through the ring in the same direction any number of times without liability of winding on the ring, as the loop of the string will freely turn in the said groove; and, further, the elastic cord permits the ball to pass through the open ring by various movements of the parts comprising the toy.

I claim The combination, with the handle and the open ring, of the cord having one end loosely looped around and in a groove in the ring at a point in line with the handle, and provided at its other end with a ball or other object, whereby the loop of the cord will turn freely on the ring, in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

S. L. IIOCKERT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD BOYD, CORNELIUS BrL. 

